Expand Application Acceleration

Application Acceleration : SAP

Expand Networks’ Compass platform delivers a unique solution that mitigates the impact of the hostile WAN, accelerating SAP to the remote workforce, for all SAP architectures. The Compass platform is actually a multi-service platform that integrates the best technologies, on a single, cost-effective appliance (the Accelerator). With the Compass platform working in the network, remote workforce SAP performance will ensure that productivity is once again a given.

Here are some of the relevant Compass technologies that improve SAP performance on the WAN:

• Compression increases network capacity on average by 400%, removing bandwidth bottlenecks and avoiding un-necessary and costly bandwidth upgrades.
• Acceleration rate of 500% and better, overcoming protocol limitations, reducing application chattiness, and mitigating latency.
• Pattern recognition and caching for static and dynamic content which eliminates transfer of repetitive data over the WAN.
• Prioritizing SAP over non-business applications at the critical point where congestion can most impact SAP performance. Compass’ QoS services ensure that the network appreciates which traffic is most critical for the business. The QoS functionality is sophisticated enough to distinguish traffic at layer 7, meaning that Compass can distinguish between SAP traffic and other web traffic, giving preferential treatment to SAP. Additionally, using Compass for all of your QoS needs will avoid queues and congestion that will exist if the QoS is activated within a separate network device on the (e.g. Router or Firewall).
• Improve SAP Citrix deployments by optimizing Citrix traffic and setting top priority to SAP compared to other Citrix applications. Compass will allow you to increase the number of Citrix sessions supported at remote sites without increasing the size of the WAN link.
• Transparency mode to maintain the benefits and service levels of MPLS or other network monitoring, routing, and control infrastructures that rely on original packet information.
• Offloading SAP application server by caching presentation content and reducing the application chattiness, allowing these servers to better service the back-end R/3 ABAP services.

Datasheets:

• Expand SAP November 2006

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